Women’s Riders World Relay was first launched in 2019, but was put on hold after the Covid-19 pandemic.
It has now returned in a digital format, which organisers hope will expand the community even wider.
Participants use a free app to ‘pass the baton’ to other women bikers they meet, at home or abroad, throughout the year.
Locally seven riders who took part in a short ride down the west coast have now received this ‘virtual baton’ from Guernsey’s WRWR ambassador Becky Elliott.
Mrs Elliott, 64, who started riding motorcycles when she was just 17, said there were a lot more female motorcycle enthusiasts on the island than most people thought.
‘Each woman rider who receives a baton will be able to pass it on to numerous other riders over the whole of 2026,’ she said.
‘We may be the smallest “country” taking part but we’ve a lot of enthusiasm and riders who have away trips planned to move the baton around the world, connecting women as it moves.
‘That’s what today is all about, making contact, meeting people, and connecting as many different women enjoying every aspect of motorcycling.
‘The relay is about gaining confidence in your ability to ride, understanding your own motorcycle, and potentially being able to look after it, maintain it, so that some of the fear barriers that prevent ladies from riding on their own actually get sorted out and they feel more confident.’
The event in 2019 had a physical baton and connected more than 20,000 women from over 100 countries, but with the new app, the organisers of the WRWR have an ambition to connect every woman rider in the world.
Joining Mrs Elliott on the ride was Jenny Bowden, who started riding 10 years ago and has already been as far as Morocco.
‘The relay is trying to change perceptions of who female bikers are,’ she said.
‘Biking is absolutely brilliant. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done.’
‘My son got his first scooter at 14, and I had a go on that,’ she said.
‘Then I got a job in town where there was no parking, so I got a scooter. I started on 300cc Vespa, and today came on a Triumph Bonneville. I also have a Triumph Tiger for touring, that’s only a 900cc, but it’s utterly brilliant.’
Further details can be found at the WRWR Guernsey Facebook group.